tubyaka kosterkin is known as the last shaman in taimyr. a few years earlier , after the death of his wife, he stopped compiling and donated all the cult objects and his costume to the museum. according to the testimony of the caretakers of the hall, after that he came here several times and talked with these objects, as if with spirits. in the hall of polar explorers, they talk in detail about numerous northern expeditions and fearless conquerors of the harsh north, who have been exploring the arctic since the 18th century. the most famous great northern expedition, it was led by captain-commander vitus bering. the expedition lasted 10 years, during which almost the entire coast of the arctic ocean, including the outlines of taimyr, was explored on the map of the russian empire. in 1742 , semyon chelyuskin discovered the most. one point of taimyr, the russian empire and eurasia, 100 years later, received his name. in the middle of the 19th century, geographers and traveler alexander midendor first called the peninsula taimyr. there are sev